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Vernon Paralympian suing housing charity over $60,000 debt
December 22, 2024 - 7:00 AM

A decorated Vernon Paralympian with three gold medals under her belt is taking legal action against a housing not-for-profit after it left her $59,000 in debt.
BC Housing has 83 housing units to show for $30M in Kamloops real estate in 2 years
November 20, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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BC Housing has spent $30 million on Kamloops real estate in the past two years, but only half of the buildings and units it has purchased are available as supportive housing and the number of people on the streets and in shelters just keeps growing.
Single mom in Kamloops separated from babies for lack of affordable housing
April 18, 2023 - 7:00 AM
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A single mother in Kamloops put her toddlers in temporary foster care this past month while she lived at a shelter, unable to find affordable housing for them all.
A few reasons why new housing is so expensive in the Okanagan
April 06, 2022 - 7:00 AM
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As with other commodities, the price of new housing in the Okanagan is rising dramatically.
Permanent supervised drug consumption site coming to downtown Kamloops
March 23, 2022 - 5:06 PM

A new supervised drug consumption site is moving into a downtown Kamloops building.
How floods have impacted the housing market in Merritt, Princeton
February 12, 2022 - 9:00 PM
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Demand for housing in Merritt and Princeton appears to be back to normal after the two communities were devastated by floods in November 2021, but the supply has gotten leaner.
Forensic audit questions favoured vendors at TNRD
January 26, 2022 - 7:40 AM

Auditors uncovered more than just spending habits when investigating the Thompson Nicola Regional District.
Kekuli Cafe is finally under construction in Kamloops
December 02, 2021 - 6:00 AM
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The Kekuli Café in Kamloops is finally under construction and is projected to open its doors in six weeks.
Fortune Motel supportive housing project is behind schedule in Kamloops
November 26, 2021 - 6:00 AM

A North Shore motel that was supposed to help bolster the supply of supportive housing in Kamloops is far behind schedule.
iN PHOTOS: Owner of ‘unsafe’ house in Kelowna will fight the city in the hopes of saving his home
July 30, 2021 - 7:00 AM

After being ordered by the City of Kelowna to demolish his home, Janusz Grelecki is starting to clean up his property in an effort to get the city to back down.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jon

iN PHOTOS: Heated domes provide one-of-a-kind Okanagan winter dining experience
The dining domes at a West Kelowna winery offer customers a unique and extravagant experience during the cold and dreary winter months in the Okanagan. With fluffy brown and white blankets draped over cushioned chairs, tables draped with bl

Unlicensed BC cannabis store loses another appeal
A BC couple who ran an unlicensed cannabis store have lost a legal challenge almost five years after their store was raided. According to a Jan. 15 BC Supreme Court decision, Michelle Vrinder Sikora and Douglas Peter Sikora have launched nu

Only 10 per cent of Kelowna rental building permits are affordable housing
Roughly 10 per cent of building permits for new rentals in Kelowna are going to be affordable, despite that the city's housing policy manager said the rental market is starting to make a turn for the better. “We're going to be

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